Be Careful of Tylenol (safety for parents and kids!)
Dear all, Last month, we had lecture on liver injury (hepatotoxicity) and tylenol. Too much tylenol can lead to serious sickness. If you are taking tylenol or giving it to your children — check very carefully, make sure it is truly safe and the right time to take it. For those with liver injury or drinking alcohol, the suggested dose is approximately NO MORE THAN 2 grams every 24 hours. If you accidentally take too much tylenol, go immediately to the hospital and tell the staff that you …
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Dear All, I got a chance to listen to a talk by Dr. James Herndon, who is a past president of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery (AAOS). He is a distinguished professor of surgery who wanted us to know more about things to improve upon in reducing surgical errors. Please put this information on your radar screen if you or your friend is going to get surgery because it might be of help. My video is on: 1) wrong site surgery (when the wrong place is operated on by accident) and 2 …
Dear All, Some viewers of InvestServ's Fit365 "What is Nutrition" video have asked me whether pink salt is better than table salt. I thought in this video I would talk about how you can decide if this is true. How to Figure Out If A Health Claim is True: You can go onto the website, www.pubmed.gov, which is a search engine from the National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health. This search engine has an index of all the papers from 4800 journals written in over 70 countries …
Stigma is the attitude that comes from the powerful combination of shame and fear. Discrimination is the behaviour derived from that attitude. The only way of making progress of making against this epidemic is to replace shame with solidarity and fear with hope. El Salvador: take a taxi, tackle discrimination — In the Salvadorian capital, San Salvador, an innovative project to reduce stigma and discrimination has had surprising results. The project — also rolled out in Guatemala and …
Dear All, Last semester, Sarah Buel, a professor, lawyer and inspirational advocate of women’s rights, came to talk to our medical school class. As you know, the Vagina Monologues were written by Eve Ensler in part to raise awareness of Domestic Violence issues. In the same theme, Dr. Buel wanted to spread awareness and teach us how to recognize and support our family and our friends who may be victims. My video is on some of the things were learned. I think what surprised me the most was …
Stigma is the attitude that comes from the powerful combination of shame and fear. Discrimination is the behaviour derived from that attitude. The only way of making progress of making against this epidemic is to replace shame with solidarity and fear with hope. El Salvador: cake a taxi, tackle discrimination — In the Salvadorian capital, San Salvador, an innovative project to reduce stigma and discrimination has had surprising results. The project — also rolled out in Guatemala and …
4/3/07 I went to a talk by Dr. Atul Gawande, a surgeon, author and professor at Harvard. He did a study looking at why doctors accidentally leave sponges, tools in a patient during surgery, called “Risk factors for retained instruments and sponges after surgery.”
In the episode My Favorite Mistake, Christina decides to amputate the gentleman’s foot — but she didn’t consider another alternative (hyperbaric oxygen treatment). Please be careful of people who say hyperbaric oxygen is a cure-all — because it’s not (more rigorous research is needed). But I wanted to share this information as a possible consideration.
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Dear All — I’m a first year medical student in Boston. Every day, I’m learning important topics on medicine and health. But too often, the things I’m learning about never reach the public.